Product Management Job Trends

Product Management
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs requiring Product Management skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 16 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

	6 months to 16 Oct 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Rank	347	257	299
Rank change year-on-year	-90	+42	-1
Permanent jobs citing Product Management	614	554	608
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK	0.52%	1.13%	0.86%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category	0.70%	1.28%	1.05%
Number of salaries quoted	323	253	291
10^th Percentile	£36,250	£43,797	£42,608
25^th Percentile	£47,500	£56,750	£55,000
Median annual salary (50^th Percentile)	£60,000	£72,500	£70,000
Median % change year-on-year	-17.24%	+3.57%	-
75^th Percentile	£80,000	£87,500	£87,500
90^th Percentile	£100,000	£117,500	£100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary	£60,000	£62,500	£65,000
% change year-on-year	-4.00%	-3.85%	-

All Process & Methodology Skills
UK

Product Management falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills.

	6 months to 16 Oct 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills	87,497	43,445	57,940
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK	73.45%	88.84%	82.20%
Number of salaries quoted	59,802	24,607	31,056
10^th Percentile	£31,250	£28,250	£33,099
25^th Percentile	£41,250	£36,250	£44,541
Median annual salary (50^th Percentile)	£60,000	£55,000	£60,000
Median % change year-on-year	+9.09%	-8.33%	-
75^th Percentile	£78,000	£75,000	£78,750
90^th Percentile	£100,000	£95,000	£97,500
UK excluding London median annual salary	£55,000	£47,000	£53,000
% change year-on-year	+17.02%	-11.32%	-1.85%

Product Management Job Vacancy Trend

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Product Management relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

Product Management Salary Trend

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Product Management.

Product Management Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Product Management over the 6 months to 16 October 2026.

Salary histogram for Product Management in the UK

Product Management Top 17 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Product Management within the UK over the 6 months to 16 October 2026. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location	Rank Change on Same Period Last Year	Matching Permanent IT Job Ads	Median Salary Past 6 Months	Median Salary % Change on Same Period Last Year	Live Jobs
England	-88	543	£60,000	-17.24%	1,307
London	-33	308	£70,561	-11.80%	853
UK excluding London	-126	250	£60,000	-4.00%	542
Work from Home	-14	191	£58,541	-16.37%	615
North of England	-45	64	£60,000	-22.58%	99
South East	-101	60	£43,500	-30.40%	138
North West	-2	50	£61,500	-8.89%	55
Midlands	-36	41	£48,500	-24.81%	80
South West	-50	38	£57,500	-8.00%	51
West Midlands	-33	31	£48,500	-15.60%	47
East of England	-46	24	£70,000	+6.87%	51
Scotland	+10	15	£77,500	+82.35%	71
Yorkshire	-42	13	£57,500	-29.23%	34
East Midlands	-36	10	£38,347	-50.52%	33
Northern Ireland	-86	5	-	-	32
Wales	-78	3	£65,000	+18.18%	20
North East	-71	1	-	-	10

Product Management Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities

For the 6 months to 16 October 2026, job vacancies citing Product Management also mentioned the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads with a requirement for Product Management.

Rank	Skill	Share	Job Ads
1	Roadmaps	51.6%	317
2	Agile	34.0%	209
3	Product Roadmap	27.2%	167
4	AI	27.0%	166
5	Degree	25.6%	157
6	Stakeholder Management	24.9%	153
7	Continuous Improvement	23.6%	145
8	Decision-Making	20.5%	126
9	Product Strategy	18.1%	111
10	Problem-Solving	17.8%	109
11	Customer Experience	17.1%	105
12	Product Vision	15.6%	96
13	Project Management	15.1%	93
14	Analytics	14.5%	89
15	Software Engineering	14.0%	86
16	User Stories	13.8%	85
17	Product Backlog	13.5%	83
18	SaaS	12.5%	77
19	Backlog Prioritisation	11.9%	73
19	Coaching	11.9%	73
19	JIRA	11.9%	73
19	Strategic Roadmap	11.9%	73
23	User Experience	11.4%	70
24	AWS	10.9%	67
25	Product Requirements	10.3%	63
26	Mentoring	10.1%	62
27	Scrum	9.8%	60
28	Acceptance Criteria	9.4%	58
29	Backlog Management	9.0%	55
30	Microsoft	8.1%	50

Product Management Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities by Category

The table below expands on the one above by listing co-occurrences one category at a time. It covers the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences in each category.

Processes & Methodologies

Rank	Skill	Share	Job Ads
1	Roadmaps	51.6%	317
2	Agile	34.0%	209
3	Product Roadmap	27.2%	167
4	AI	27.0%	166
5	Stakeholder Management	24.9%	153
6	Continuous Improvement	23.6%	145
7	Decision-Making	20.5%	126
8	Product Strategy	18.1%	111
9	Problem-Solving	17.8%	109
10	Customer Experience	17.1%	105
11	Product Vision	15.6%	96
12	Project Management	15.1%	93
13	Analytics	14.5%	89
14	Software Engineering	14.0%	86
15	User Stories	13.8%	85
16	Product Backlog	13.5%	83
17	Backlog Prioritisation	11.9%	73
17	Coaching	11.9%	73
17	Strategic Roadmap	11.9%	73
20	User Experience	11.4%	70